I knew I belonged to the public and to the world, not because I was talented or even beautiful, but because I had never belonged to anything or anyone else.Marilyn Monroe
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.Aristotle
Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading.Leonardo da Vinci
Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.Michel de Montaigne